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Old 02-09-2011, 12:59 PM   #1
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Default Double take time

We went for a drive last weekend to see how the bald eagles were doing at
Lake Erie near Selkirk, ON. While just cruising along the shoreline (Lakeshore
Drive?) I spotted this antique, and I had to back up and take a couple of pics with
my cell phone camera, sorry about the poor quality, and it was just starting to snow.
I could see "Home and Park" on the weathered front of the raised roof, as well as
on the sides at the rear of the van. What confused me was no 3 windows on the
leading edge of the raised roof. I checked the Roadtrek website when we got home,
and on the history page there was a picture of a similar van, as one of the original
Roadtrek motorhomes, I guess.




Link to Roadtrek history page.
http://www.roadtrek.com/history.aspx

If this van is owned by a classbforum member, I'd be interested in hearing more about it.
It looked like it was in pretty fair shape for it's estimated age.
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Old 02-09-2011, 09:20 PM   #2
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Wow Mike that is great. That Roadtrek could be from 1978 so maybe 33 years old!
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Old 02-09-2011, 11:54 PM   #3
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I'm not even sure they were called Roadtreks at that time, were they?
Anyway, it was quite an interesting looking van and it was made by H&P based on the
badging and the Roadtrek website. That high top raised roof is pretty impressive, and I'm
sure it holds the record for interior headroom in a conversion van.
If I get another chance, and it's still there when the weather breaks and warms up,
I'll head back and ask if I can take some better photos.
Little bit of history?
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Old 02-11-2011, 02:36 PM   #4
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What a find!!!! Thanks for sharing.
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Mike is right. They weren't called Roadtreks back then but rather Home and Park something or anothers.

Fantastic find!
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